Texas Health And Safety Code Title 10, Chapter 826 - Rabies

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 826.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Rabies Control Act of 1981. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

SUBCHAPTER B GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

• Texas Section 826.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Animal" means a warm-blooded animal. (2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(121), eff. April 2, 2015....
• Texas Section 826.011 - General Powers And Duties Of Executive Commissioner And Department
  (a) The department or its designee, with the cooperation of the governing bodies of counties and municipalities, shall administer the rabies control program established by...
• Texas Section 826.012 - Minimum Standards For Rabies Control
  This chapter and the rules adopted by the executive commissioner under this chapter are the minimum standards for rabies control. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 826.013 - Counties And Municipalities May Adopt Chapter
  The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county may adopt this chapter and the standards adopted by the executive commissioner....
• Texas Section 826.014 - Counties May Adopt Ordinances And Rules
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt ordinances or rules that establish a local rabies control program in the county and set local...
• Texas Section 826.015 - Municipalities May Adopt Ordinances Or Rules
  (a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt ordinances or rules that establish a local rabies control program in the municipality and set local...
• Texas Section 826.016 - Contracts
  The governing body of a municipality and the commissioners court of a county may enter into contracts or agreements with public or private entities to...
• Texas Section 826.017 - Designation Of Local Rabies Control Authority
  (a) The commissioners court of each county and the governing body of each municipality shall designate an officer to act as the local rabies control...

SUBCHAPTER C RABIES VACCINATIONS

• Texas Section 826.018 - Local Rabies Control Programs
  (a) This section applies to a veterinarian who: (1) is employed by a county or municipality; and (2) administers or supervises the administration of rabies...
• Texas Section 826.021 - Vaccination Of Dogs And Cats Required
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by department rule, the owner of a dog or cat shall have the animal vaccinated against rabies by the time...
• Texas Section 826.0211 - Confidentiality Of Certain Information In Rabies Vaccination Certificate; Criminal Penalty
  (a) Information contained in a rabies vaccination certificate or in any record compiled from the information contained in one or more certificates that identifies or...
• Texas Section 826.022 - Vaccination; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person fails or refuses to have each dog or cat owned by the person vaccinated against rabies...
• Texas Section 826.023 - Use And Sale Of Rabies Vaccine
  (a) Rabies vaccine for animals may be administered only by or under the direct supervision of a veterinarian. (b) A veterinarian may not administer or...
• Texas Section 826.024 - Use And Sale Of Rabies Vaccine; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) administers or attempts to administer rabies vaccine in a manner not authorized by Section 826.023;...

SUBCHAPTER D REGISTRATION AND RESTRAINT OF DOGS AND CATS

• Texas Section 826.025 - Provision Of Vaccine And Serum
  (a) The department may provide vaccine and hyperimmune serum in accordance with department policies or procedures for the use and benefit of a person exposed,...
• Texas Section 826.031 - Registration Of Dogs And Cats By Local Governments
  (a) The governing body of a municipality and the commissioners court of a county may adopt ordinances or rules under Section 826.014 or 826.015 requiring...
• Texas Section 826.0311 - Confidentiality Of Certain Information In Dog And Cat Registry; Criminal Penalty
  (a) Information that is contained in a municipal or county registry of dogs and cats under Section 826.031 that identifies or tends to identify the...
• Texas Section 826.032 - Registration; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if: (1) the person fails or refuses to register or present for registration a dog or cat owned by...
• Texas Section 826.033 - Restraint, Impoundment, And Disposition Of Dogs And Cats
  (a) The governing body of a municipality and the commissioners court of a county may adopt ordinances or rules under Section 826.014 or 826.015 to...

SUBCHAPTER E REPORTS AND QUARANTINE

• Texas Section 826.034 - Restraint; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if: (1) the person fails or refuses to restrain a dog or cat owned by the person; and (2)...
• Texas Section 826.041 - Reports Of Rabies
  (a) A person who knows of an animal bite or scratch to an individual that the person could reasonably foresee as capable of transmitting rabies,...
• Texas Section 826.042 - Quarantine Of Animals
  (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing the testing of quarantined animals and the procedure for and method of quarantine. (b) The local rabies...
• Texas Section 826.043 - Release Or Disposition Of Quarantined Animal
  (a) If a veterinarian determines that a quarantined animal does not show the clinical signs of rabies, the veterinarian or local rabies control authority shall...
• Texas Section 826.044 - Quarantine; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person fails or refuses to quarantine or present for quarantine or testing an animal that: (1) is...
• Texas Section 826.045 - Area Rabies Quarantine
  (a) If rabies is known to exist in an area, the department or its designee may declare an area rabies quarantine to prevent or contain...
• Texas Section 826.046 - Violation Of Area Rabies Quarantine; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates or attempts to violate a department rule adopted under Section 826.045 governing an area rabies...
• Texas Section 826.047 - Limitation On Liability
  A veterinarian performing duties under this chapter is not liable to the owner of an animal for the death of or injury to the animal...

SUBCHAPTER F QUARANTINE AND IMPOUNDMENT FACILITIES

• Texas Section 826.048 - Exemption From Quarantine Requirement For Police Service Animals
  (a) In this section, "handler or rider" and "police service animal" have the meanings assigned by Section 38.151, Penal Code. (b) A police service animal...
• Texas Section 826.051 - Minimum Standards For Quarantine And Impoundment Facilities
  (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing the types of facilities that may be used to quarantine animals. (b) The executive commissioner by rule...
• Texas Section 826.052 - Inspections
  An employee of the department, on the presentation of appropriate credentials to the local rabies control authority or the authority's designee, may conduct a reasonable...
• Texas Section 826.053 - Hearing
  (a) A person aggrieved by an action of the department in amending, limiting, suspending, or revoking any approval required of the department by this chapter...
• Texas Section 826.054 - Suits To Enjoin Operation Of Quarantine Or Impoundment Facility
  (a) At the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may bring suit in the name of the state to enjoin the operation of a...
• Texas Section 826.055 - Quarantine Or Impoundment Facility; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates a facility for quarantined or impounded animals that fails to meet standards for approval established...

Last modified: September 28, 2016